There are too many edits in the documents.

[Rossa]

I am trying to edit a template I created in MS Word 2003 - there are no
special macros or controls, just a simple protected template with fields.

When I try to make a change to the template, I am getting the following
message: "There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be
incomplete. Save your work."

I can't make the change (erasing a table line or moving data from one cell
to another) I was trying to make; although, I can make some changes (adding
a row, adjusting cell height).

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I don't want to recreate the template!

 

[Terry Farrell]

Sounds like it may be partially corrupt. Try opening the dot file using the
Open and Repair function from the Word, File Open dialog.

 

[Klaus Linke]

I am trying to edit a template I created in MS Word 2003 - there are no
special macros or controls, just a simple protected template with fields.

When I try to make a change to the template, I am getting the following
message: "There are too many edits in the document. This operation will
be
incomplete. Save your work."

I can't make the change (erasing a table line or moving data from one cell
to another) I was trying to make; although, I can make some changes
(adding
a row, adjusting cell height).

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I don't want to recreate the
template!

Is "Track changes" turned on for that template? Then perhaps try to accept
all changes and turn it off.

I dimly remember seeing an insane number of fields (in the header) created
by "Track changes", which caused this error message.
(Just a wild guess though that it applies in your case)

Klaus